Window-pane fastener.



'PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

t J. GIARDINO. WINDOW PANE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JOACHIM GIARDINO, or GUTTENBERG, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW-PANE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 9.1907. Serial No. 367.274.

- Patented Nov. 19, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

B e it known that I, JOACHIM GIARDINo,'a sub ect of the King of Italy, and a resident of Guttenberg, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window- Pane Fasteners, of which the following is a -full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to a metallic fastener for window panes; and the primary object of the invention is to proyide a simple and efficient device which will rigidly and effectively secure the glass inthe frame; which-is adapted to eliminate the trouble and expense in keeping the glass cemented inthe frame and at the same time ayoid theobjectionable feature of having-the usual putty crack and break, thereby causing dust, water and other matter to collect; which may be readily cleaned at all times, and which is neat and attractive in appearance.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a fastener which ma metallic molding, and which has devices thereon adapted to be forced into the wood of the window frame; which is, cheap and inexpensive to manufacture, and which may be readily applied to hold the pane of glass in the window.

The invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of window with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, on .a larger scale and partly broken away, taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the fastener.-

I Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line IV-IV of Fig. I); and Fig. 5 is a transversesection showing how nutty or other sealing means may be employed in connection with the fastener.

' The frame 10 may be of theusual form and comprises the wooden bars or stri s 11 which are recessed at 12 for the pane 0 glass 13 in the usual manner. The ane 1 3 is held ,to

the bars orstrips 11 by t 1e fasteningdevice 14. This fastening device may be made of galvanized'iron, steel, brass or; other sheet metal, and has a straight part or wall 15 and projections 16 which-are adapted to enter the wood ofv the frame and securely hold the fasbe applied as a' posed to the weather.

tener thereto. The part 15 of the fastener is adapted to normally rest against the wall 17 e window frame so as to be supported thereby, and said fastener has a part 18 which may be yielding and which projects inward and downward so that the edge there-- of will rest against the window glass or aris and securely hold the same in the frame. The wall or part 15 of the fastener may have the (projections 16 sharpened to enter the more readily and said projections may be of any width or size according to the hardness or nature of the material comprising the frame, and the part 18 ofthe fastener may be curved as in a molding to form an ogee or S-curve to .provide a neat and attractive finish to the frame. By this means the glass will be securely held in the frame, and the fastener is so constructed that it may be readily applied or removed in case it is desired tore p ace a broken glass.

I Ordinarily thefastener will provide an effective seal against the weather and water without any further provision, but if neces sar or desirable, a yielding strip or other sea ing 'means 19 may be employed between the glass and the strip or bars forming the window frame as shown in Fig. 5. In this figure'Ihave shown a fastener substantially identical to that already described and I show how putty or other material 20 may be employed as a filler and to assist in cementing the parts together. In this case the fastener not only serves to hold the pane of glass to the frame, but also serves to cover the putty so that the same will not be ex- If it is necessary to remove the fastener at any time, this can be readily accomplished by inserting a sharp tool at one corner under the edge of the fastener as shown in dotted plied or removed and is inexpensive to manu- .facture; and that the fastener when applied will provide a smooth, clean and attractive surface which will not permit dust or other matter to readilyfcollect thereon.

' comprising a metallic strip strips and a pane of glass suppurteil in the reclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters i frame so that the Wall will e sup Having thus described my invent-ion, I

Pet-ent: I

1. The combination with a frame mule pane of glass fitting the frai e at fastener wall or )zirt-, p1"0jecting Q0 part of the Wall and entez'in c'essed portion of the bars or strips, Of a metalllc fastener comprising a metallic strip ha ring a straight pait O l" wall which rests einst the straight part 01 Wall 01''" the ham or ps of the frame and having sharpened pmjec-t-ing points integral with the wall which enter the Wood of the frame, and an outward and. downward projecting integral cufved yielding part having its outer ecilge engaging the surface of the glass to be held in the fiame.

This specification signed and witnessed this fifth d y of April A, D. 1907.

JOACl-l TM GTAR D11: 0.

Witnesses:

LUEGX Smmimo, 'iiieinmu B0220; 

